I understand now.

Thanks a lot.

After a long hiatus, I've finally got enough inspiration to blog :)

Rachel, Wilson, Janson and I went to the beach on Tuesday :) It was very... eventful, I would say. After playing volleyball for around 20 minutes, Janson very artfully, albeit accidentally, threw my volleyball up into the tree.

As you can see, the ball is stuck in a very difficult place, something like an inverted tripod.

Janson doing his best to salvage the situation :P


Wilson here just got the tree to marry him :o

Both of them fretting over the ball.

Following this, we decided to throw Rachel's broken umbrella up the tree, which successfully got itself stuck on the tree too. As quoted from Rachel: "It'd be hilarious... if it wasn't happening to us."

We left the ball alone for the time being while we went for a luge ride :D

Four of us before going on the Skyride







They were so afraid of their slippers falling down into the forestry below :P

Sweet pic

CANDID! :D

Timothy insists that this picture looks haunted. :o

We went up to Imbiah Station and looked around in the gift shop :D

With a big nice snowman :)

Camwhores :P

The two boys

I have no pictures of the Luge ride, but it was awesome :D It's a little steep for a ride that lasts less than 5 minutes though. If there was no Student hot deal, I can't imagine paying $10 to go up once. I mean, do they even NEED so much money to maintain the ride?

Check, Luge ride :)

We rented bikes next :D

Us (minus me) with spastic faces outside 7 Eleven

Anyway, it's no joke riding a bike for one hour straight without proper cushioning. My butt was bruised to some degree for TWO DAYS, and that's saying something, considering your behind is the most fleshy part of your body.

We decided to go back for the ball (because I insisted), armed with a 1.5L 100Plus bottle. Almost empty, of course.

...Not only did we NOT manage to get the ball down, we got the BOTTLE stuck up there too. In a VERTICAL position. Yitong was saying that it'll be damn comical if the cleaner manages to get the stuff down, and he'll find 'treasure' - a volleyball, a broken foldable umbrella, and a 100Plus bottle -.-

We went back to Vivo, tired but satisfied :D

Guess what they are mouthing :P

Because Rachel hates Wilson so much.

Because Rachel hates Wilson so much (2).

We had dinner at Long John's cos we were on a budget. Not surprising, considering we spent so much today. After much discussion we concluded that fast food outlets like Long John's will thrive despite the economic crisis.

Girl: Where shall we go for our anniversary darling?
Boy: Honey, I'm broke, shall we go to Mcdonalds' to celebrate our anniversary?
Girl: ...

The guys happily assumed that the girl will agree to eat at Mcdonalds' for the anniversary, while Rachel and I had enough sense to know that the girl would rack her brains for the most convenient excuse to break up with her boyfriend :P

I'm joking, of course.

Facebook for more photos :)

Wed flew by (because time flies while you're having fun), and yesterday night Bryan Val and Jevon came over for Guitar Hero and PINATA MAKING :D First time I ever made a pinata. We named it Mr E_ and rewarded ourselves properly with chocolate hazelnut ice cream afterward :D

Mr Colin Wee, your ego is officially unhealthy, please keep it in check :)

Alright, end of very long blog post, goodnight for now :)

I was just reading the papers.. Lo Hwei Yen :( She was just 28 :( I guess enough has been said about her so just read the papers or watch the news for more info. I can't imagine what her husband is going through.

The world is such an unhappy place. If everyone was considerate, treated each other like fellow humans instead of discriminating against them, let everyone have equal rights, no one would have to fight for them. No one would have to voice their demands the hard way.

Maybe it's just the human nature to be self-centered and to want to be better, to be on higher ground than others. Perhaps they were suppressed for far too long? How would you gauge "too long" then?

Terrorism is wrong. It's bloody childish. But the threats are real. Terrorists are like kids, bawling and rolling around on the floor, trying to embarrass their parents into buying them their desired toy just because they make a scene. But they're screwed up kids. They're kids who kill.

But then again, will just giving in and meeting their demands necessarily be better? It might just encourage this type of behaviour. As soon as the wailing kid's parent hands the toy over to the cashier to pay for it, all the other kids will be making their demands in a similar manner. Which would be disastrous.

No one should resort to violence. Same for war, murder, and other crimes. Family and friends grieve for the deceased. For Ms Lo's case, Singapore grieves.

On the other hand, I guess it's a wake up call for Singaporeans.

We're so apathetic about current affairs; the most we do is just to read the papers and critique from 'above', voicing our opinions to whoever will listen to us.

We hear about bomb blasts in other countries, and all we do is to register a mental note never to go there - "It's a dangerous country!"

We know innocent people are dying everyday, but we never experienced the hurt they feel.

We've become so complacent just sitting at home or bothering our little minds about trivial things like chope-ing seats in a hawker centre. Ms Lo's death really hit home. Singaporeans won't forget her in a hurry. I won't.

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Thanks for canceling.